On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Greg Rapawy wrote: >[spoiler space -- for _Orca _ -- left intact] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >[of _Taltos_:] [snip] >Can anyone make sense of Kiera's subsequent comment, >in _Orca_ I think it was, that Verra had said it was >important for Vlad to have the vial (consistent with >the theory above); and Verra herself didn't know why >(very difficult to explain)? > >A flat lie (by Verra, or Kiera)? Or could it be >something stranger? > When in doubt, call it quantum: Verra could know that she needs do to X, but not also *why* she needs to do X (and if she finds out why, she can't do it anymore). :-)